On June 18, 2022, Mines and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe advised Lubambe Copper Mine to reconsider its decision to make 178 workers redundant. Mr. Kabuswe stressed that the mine should retract the letters sent to the affected employees since the government was not consulted beforehand. He urged the Chililabombwe-based mine to enter into discussions with the government and provide an explanation for its intention to dismiss the workers. The week before, Lubambe Copper Mines initiated a voluntary separation process for some of its 500 employees without involving the worker unions.

We invited EMR Capital Group, parent company of the Lubambe Copper Mine to comment on this allegation. They did not provided a response.